The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30


tine pleasures OF gossip sought the society of
ladie, The man knows better now. He goes
/ 20 the smoking room OF bis club
Dr. Wybrow lighted bis cigar and looked
round him at his brethren iu social conciave
assembled The room was well filed but the
flow OF talk was still languid Tie doctor
innocently applied the stmulant that was
wanted When be inquire, f anybody knew
the Countess Narona be was answered by
something like "a shout Of ast0nshmont
Never the concase agreed had such am ab.
surd question been asked before. Every
human creature, with the slightest claim % a
place in society, knew the Countess Nar0ua
An adventures with a European reputation
of the blacklist possible coi0r-such was the
general description OF the woman with the
death ike complexion and the glitt.rin- eyes.
Descending t0 particulars. each member Of
the club contributed his own little stock of
scandal tO the memoirs OF the count s. 10
was doubtful whether she was really what
she called herself. Daimatan lady 10 was
doubtful whether sine bad ever been married
to the count whose widow She assumed 90 be
10 was doubtful whether the man who ne
c0mpanei hei 900 her travels under the name
II Baron Rivar and in toe character oi her
brother was her brother at all Report
pointed 90 the baron as "a gambler at every
-tabier ou tle continent Report whispered
flut bis so called sister had narrowly escaped
being mp. eafed 900 famou. irill for poison
ing af Nieuna-tlat she had been known as
spy boo the interest Of Austr1-tuat her
apartment iu Paris bad been denounced 90
the police as nothing less than private gam
bling h0u-.-au That her present appearance
boz England wa. the natural result of that
discovery Only one member of the assem-
bly, BOO the smoking room to0b the part Of this
much abused woman and declared chat her
character ha1 been most cruelty and most
unjustly assaulted Bur as the man WAS "a
LAWYER. bis interference went for nothing. Do
was naturally attributed 20 the spirit Of cone
traiicti0n Inherent in bis profession. lie was
asked deli-iyely what be- Thought OF tine cir
cumsfaucc- under which the countess had be
come engaged to be- married. and ue made
the characteristic answer, that bee thought
the circumstance highly cfeditable 20 both
parties aud Chat he looked on the .adS'~ fu-
ture husband rs a most ent liable man
Hearing this tba doctor raised another
shout Of a,toui-hmeut by nquirng the name
of the gentleman whom the countess was
about to marry.
Ills friends m tue smoking room decided
unanimously chat thr celebrated physician
must b. second rip Van Wrinkle" and
chat bee bad just awakened from d super
uatula. sleep Oh. twenty years II was all very
well t0 say tA1t he was devoted t0 bis profess
sion. and chat be- had neither time nor inch-
nation to pick mp fragments Of gossip af din-
uer parties and balls. a man who did not
know CHAT the Countess Narona hai borrowed
money 200 liomburg oil no Jess @ person than
/ LORD Mouttarry, and had fhcu Griulod him
into making her proposal of malrm-, Ha.
p man who bad probably never heard obi lord
M0utUarrs hm-l. Din. Younger members
II tue club. nHmorHe fne joke. I a waiter
+ for The recra-e. lni read aloud mem0. r
of the noDleman 300 question. for tu- doctor
F benefit -u.u .us,r.ti morse., oi u.Nrma
ton inferroaued by tnem,elves
Herbert John WetwIck Fins, Baron
Montbauf of MoutbaFry King ronfy
Ireland Created a peer for distinguished
military services in India Fortyeignt
veass DID, doctor al the present time
Auf married. II ia - IuhlNitl ifAi "r''h f
doctor. to the delightful creature We
have been talking about Heir pre-mnptiye,
h., l0rlshiph next brother. Stephen Robert.
married 90 Ella, youngest daughter OF tle
Rev Suas Mardeu rector Of kunnigate, and
has issue three daughters Younger brafher-
OF his l0rdsnp, Francis and Henry, mmar-
/ ried Sisters Of bis lordship, Lady Baryile,
married 10 Sir Theodore Barville Bar, and
Anne. widow of the late Perr Naruury,
Esq. of NorUury Cro.- Bear has lordship's
relations well ln mind. doctor Three broth
ers Westwick. Stephen. francis and Henry.
and two sisters Lady Baryilie and Mrs Nor
bury Not one oi the Eve wnl he present al
the marriage and not one OF the five will
leave a stone untumed to stop 10 II the count.
ess will only give them a chance Add 70 thess
hostile members Of the family another
! offended relative not mentioned in The Peer
age. young lady
A sudden outburst Of protest IN more thar
one part Of the room stopped the coming dis
/ closure and released the doctor from further
/ persecution
"Dont mention the poor girl name; il.
too bad 70 make joke Of that part Of thi
business, she has behaved nobly under shame